Oil extends gains on the day as key resistance levels give way

Market Watch reports in its article Oil prices rebound as U.S., China trade tensions ease for now that the market saw a "nice relief rally...after U.S. officials backpedalled on a trade war with China over the weekend", said Colin Cieszynski, chief market strategist at SIA Wealth Management Inc.

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John Kilduff, founding partner at energy hedge fund Again Capital, told CNBC U.S. crude prices could be heading to $70/Bbl after breaking through the previous 2018 high of $66.66/Bbl.

Although Syria itself is not a significant oil producer, the wider Middle East is the world's most important crude exporter and tension in the region tends to put oil markets on edge.

The latest Middle East-related political risk factor is related to events in Syria, where a military confrontation may be brewing with the U.S. on the one side and Russia, Syria and Iran on the other. "But we also had Saudi Arabia shooting down missiles last night", said George Wilkes, an analyst at Sucden in London.

Wet weather into the weekend; even cooler changes
A line of storms are expected to move across the region by 5-8 a.m. and move east toward I-65 by late Saturday afternoon. Severe thunderstorms will be possible in advance of the cold front this afternoon through this evening and overnight.

Light, sweet crude for May delivery advanced 25 cents, or 0.4%, to $67.07 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, closing at the highest level since December 2014.

While global oil prices stabilised on Friday, they continue to pose worries for governments and consumers around the world, with fears that they could touch the $80 a barrel mark in about a year.

"Geopolitical risks outweighed an unexpected rise in inventories in the US", ANZ bank said on Thursday.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and 10 countries outside the oil cartel, including Russian Federation, have been holding back crude output by 1.8 million barrels a day since the start of a year ago.

The morning price spike was completely due to the Trump tweet, which left the market to figure out the President's meaning, according to Kilduff.

The current deal, under which OPEC and non-OPEC producers are cutting supply by about 1.8 million barrels per day, expires in March 2018.

Under Sessions's approach, US attorneys in states where pot is legal were given approval to prosecute cases where they see fit. Huckabee Sanders told reporters on Friday at the White House, adding, "the President is a firm believer" in states' rights.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe on March 16, less than two days before he was set to retire. McCabe had been a frequent target of President Trump , who accused him of bias against the president.

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